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challah definition

chal·lah (khä′lə)

noun

the traditional loaf of rich white bread, usually braided or twisted, eaten by Jews on the Sabbath and holidays

Etymology: Yiddish khale < Heb chala, loaf of bread

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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